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enCopyright 2015, History.comSun, 02 Aug 2015 04:00:00 GMTHistory.com2015-08-02T04:00:00ZenCopyright 2015, History.comJames Watthttp://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo1
Scottish inventor James Watt&apos;s improvements to the steam engine were instrumental during the Industrial Revolution.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo1The Progress of Steamhttp://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo2
Affecting everything from transportation to manufacturing, the steam engine was the driving force behind the Industrial Revolution.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo2The "Father of the Railways"http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo3
In the 1820s, English engineer George Stephenson built the world&apos;s first steam-powered public railway line.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo3Steam Trainshttp://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo4
For more than 100 years, steam locomotives dominated the railroad industry.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo4Building the Transcontinental Railroadhttp://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo5
Between 1863 and 1869, the world&apos;s first transcontinental railroad was constructed, one of the greatest technological accomplishments of the 19th century.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo5Robert Fultonhttp://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo6
In 1807, inventor and engineer Robert Fulton launched the first commercially successfully steamboat.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo6A Pleasure Steamerhttp://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo7
Originally used for commercial purposes, the steamboat had become popular for recreation by the late 1800s.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo7Invention of the Elevatorhttp://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo8
Elisha G. Otis demonstrates a working model of his elevator at the Crystal Palace Exposition in New York in 1853.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo81903 Wright Flyerhttp://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo9
On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright tested their first powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo9Ford Model Tshttp://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo10
The Ford Model T transformed the automobile from a luxury item to a mass-produced necessity.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo101910 Pierce Arrow Motorcyclehttp://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo11
Best known for their luxury automobiles, the Pierce-Arrow company also produced an early line of technologically innovative motorcycles.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo11The Spruce Goosehttp://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo12
On November 2, 1947, aviation pioneer Howard Hughes&apos; 200-ton plywood flying boat made its first and only flight. The &quot;Spruce Goose&quot; still holds the record for the largest wingspan and height of any aircraft in history.http://www.history.com/photos/inventions-transportation/photo12